Fun fact: Here the committee that legislates in favor of minorities (particularly homosexuals and cripples, but things like female rights also brush their jurisdiction) elected a new president. A priest from the universal church that openly states things like "aids is a gay disease".

http://moglobo.globo.com/integra.asp?tx ... ia-7889259It's...getting worse. This guy is the president for Brazil's committee of minorities and human rights. Famous quotes of his after he ascended to that role include:1) "AIDS is a gay disease."2) "STDs shouldn't be treated by the government, they're punishments for the wicked."3) "Africa is a cursed land."4) "Women Rights and Gay Rights destroy the families."

Snake-Aes wrote:http://moglobo.globo.com/integra.asp?txtUrl=%2Fpais%2Fmarco-feliciano-diz-que-direitos-das-mulheres-atingem-familia-7889259It's...getting worse. This guy is the president for Brazil's committee of minorities and human rights. Famous quotes of his after he ascended to that role include:1) "AIDS is a gay disease."2) "STDs shouldn't be treated by the government, they're punishments for the wicked."3) "Africa is a cursed land."4) "Women Rights and Gay Rights destroy the families."

What ever happened to the idea that congressman/governors/etc are supposed to vote according to their constituents needs/desires and not based on their own personal preferences?

As far as they're concerned, they assume that most people are exactly like themselves, and are generally blind to minorities and women. Ask them to imagine an ordinary American, and they think middle-class conservative white guy.

I think this one is fair enough. He thinks gay people should support the Republican party because they only have "one or two issues", one of which happens to be that gay people shouldn't have the same rights as straight people. Well, the GoP doesn't believe women should have any rights, either. That's probably one if the "one or two" issues he has with his wife, and they have a great marriage, so why can't gay people ignore those "one or two issues" like his wife does so they can have a great relationship?

So... sterile heterosexual couples shouldn't seek to get married? how bout those couples that are fertile but want no kids? (several of my friends, and myself included, really dont feel like bringing a kid into this messed world)

I guess it's a good thing I'm not interested in remarriage, since I can no longer naturally procreate.

(Minor nitpick, but I'm pretty sure most homosexual people are still capable of "natural procreation" - just not with each other, which wasn't the argument.)

Fetzie wrote:The Defias Brotherhood is back, and this time they are acting as racketeers in Goldshire. Anybody wishing to dance for money must now pay them protection money or be charged triple the normal amount when repairing.

New Zealand's parliament will have the final reading of the gay marriage bill tonight, which is expected to pass by a 2/3 margin. If things go as predicted, gay marriage will be legal, and legally recognised, in New Zealand as of August 2013.